I attended the prize ceremony in New York which was held at The American Folk Art Museum.It was closed for our event and I had the pleasure of meeting fellow artists and organizers. Michael Lam the artist who is based in New York, was introducing the event as an ambassador for New York. He is a wonderful artist and I was pleased to see his is also a finalist ,like myself ,in the Global Awards in Dubai this coming year.Photos were taken by the organizers and we were all filmed for a video of the event. Many thanks to the organizers at the museum for hosting us with such kindness. Congratulations to all the artists.

This coming july I will be studying with Vincent in Orvieto in Italy. This is a tremendous opportunity to see how two artist work together as Bernardo Siciliano and Vincent will be teaching the daily workshops.They have a major exhibition of their work going on at the same time and as I understand the core of the course is to discuss the theory and execution of subjects and turning them into complex works of art.

I spend many hours researching history in areas that I am interested in; at the moment this involves the Ancients,visiting Mesa Verde was illuminating and extremely useful to my research.With the photos from that trip and my new research into the Medieval Life, rituals ,feasts and festivals,Embodiment and burials, I am confident this workshop will identify new areas of working methods that I can pursue to make my paintings more complex. I love drawing and will be using inks and large sheets of shellac paper for oils. Will keep you up to date of my progress on this journey.

I am delighted to be demonstrating my artwork at the Crush Wine Bar this coming Wednesday 12th of April,starting at 5pm and finishing at 7pm. This is in collaboration with the Woodlands Art League and the Woodlands Council for the Arts Festival. Please come and join the fun!.

Exhibiting at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence in November as part of a group show with a review by art critic Sandro Serradifalco.The 'Contemporaries at Uffizi" will involve,painters,sculptors,graphic designers and photographers.I am very honored to be only one of ten international artists to be selected for this art exhibition. The official catalogue will be included in the Uffizi Library,also in the magazine "Art International Contemporary" of November/December 2016 ,will be an article dedicated to the Uffizi Gallery Museum followed by the publications of the contemporary artist selected for this event.